[Better to talk about what happened on the mountain later. Or, you know, never. Never is a perfectly acceptable option as well.]
You look good, Hannah. I'm glad - I mean, I'm not glad that any of us are here at all, but if we have to be here, I'm glad that we're all here together.
Right. Me too. [ Having Josh around is particularly comforting. ] And... it could always be worse, right?
[ Damn. As soon as she says it, she feels the icy hand of having to fucking face what happened to her that night.
Hannah swallows. ]
I mean, it's weird. [ She says finally. ] I just saw you, you know, right before I came here. But, um... for you, it's been a year, or something, right?
[Sam nods, laughing quietly. Three hundred and sixty-five long fucking days, emptier without Hannah and Beth's presence as anything but memory, and for Hannah, it's like it never happened.]
Pretty crazy, right? I guess - I don't entirely understand it, but it also kind of makes sense. It's like - I don't know, a movie or something. A really strange movie, except we're living it instead of just watching.
action.
[Sam casts a downward glance at her clothing, giving the hem of her jacket a quick tug.]
It's kind of a long story. I'm ... I'm fine. Good, I mean. I heard you've been here a while?
action.
A few months. [ Hannah replies lightly. ] I'm glad you're good. ... I'm pretty good, too.
[ And alive, in case that was a question. ]
action.
You look good, Hannah. I'm glad - I mean, I'm not glad that any of us are here at all, but if we have to be here, I'm glad that we're all here together.
action.
Right. Me too. [ Having Josh around is particularly comforting. ] And... it could always be worse, right?
[ Damn. As soon as she says it, she feels the icy hand of having to fucking face what happened to her that night.
Hannah swallows. ]
I mean, it's weird. [ She says finally. ] I just saw you, you know, right before I came here. But, um... for you, it's been a year, or something, right?
action.
[Sam nods, laughing quietly. Three hundred and sixty-five long fucking days, emptier without Hannah and Beth's presence as anything but memory, and for Hannah, it's like it never happened.]
Pretty crazy, right? I guess - I don't entirely understand it, but it also kind of makes sense. It's like - I don't know, a movie or something. A really strange movie, except we're living it instead of just watching.
action.
It's more than strange. [ She does say, though, quietly and almost eerily. ] I mean, we -
[ Well, Beth had died. Hannah... not so much, if Emily and Chris are to be believed.
Not for the first time, her skin prickles. ]